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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Oregon granted motions by three trade groups to withdraw from the lawsuit seeking to hold the United States liable for its actions and inaction leading to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

2017 40
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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

Gleick claims I dismiss “the threat of species extinction” and biodiversity loss, and that Apocalypse Never “ignores the critical issues of biodiversity raised by invasive species”. felt that India, among others, was probably in this category. But the atmospheric equivalent of garbage dumps.”

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Wetlands are vital to managing how water flows after storm events to protect human environments from floods and natural environments from soil erosion and habitat destruction. Register here.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court found, however, that there was a “fair possibility” that previous and ongoing implementation of the Zinke order’s policies would cause damage to the plaintiffs’ interests in air quality, water quality, wildlife habitat, cultural sites, and mitigation of climate change impacts. Chevron Corp.

2021 42
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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The rule removed sources in the transmission and storage segment from the source category, rescinded the NSPS applicable to such sources, and also rescinded methane-specific requirements applicable to production and processing sources. Growth Energy v. 19-1023 (D.C.

2021 40
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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 EPA unveiled a proposed rule that would take the Navigable Waters Protection Rule off the books and reinstate long-standing regulations defining which streams and wetlands are subject to federal protection, a category known as “Waters of the U.S.,” or WOTUS. “In

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. The rule also prohibited federal agencies from protecting areas that could become important habitat for rare species under climate change.

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